The main epidemiological, clinical and morphological features of Moyamoya disease in Yugoslavia

Over a period of 22 years, 31 Moyamoya cases have been recorded in Yugoslavia. In this group of the patients comprising four children and 27 adults, peak age incidence is in the third and fourth decades of life. Males and females have been almost equally affected. Familial cases or territorial clustering of the patients have not been noted. In most cases leading sypmtoms on admission were motor disturbances. In four patients unilateral involvement was observed while in 27 patients bilateral changes of the internal carotid artery were seen.